Keynote Registration
Kumi Naidoo is a globally respected human rights and environmental justice activist and currently serves as President of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. He is the former Secretary-General of Amnesty International and the first person from the Global South to lead Greenpeace International. His work spans decades of leadership at the intersection of climate justice, political mobilisation, and people-powered movements.
At the IGN e-Conference 2026, Kumi will bring a political perspective to the conference theme by examining irrationality in climate negotiations. Drawing on his lived experience in global advocacy and high-level political engagement, he will explore how power, emotion, and political worldviews shape what is often labelled as “irrational” in negotiation spaces, and why engaging with these dynamics is essential for meaningful progress.
His keynote will reflect on how negotiators and leaders can navigate such complexities, and how storytelling and personal experience play a critical role in shaping negotiation processes that are credible, human, and transformative. This keynote will offer timely and grounded insights for practitioners and scholars working in governance, diplomacy, activism, and conflict transformation, and will challenge participants to rethink dominant assumptions about rationality in global decision-making.
Sign up for the public online keynote speech for the IGN e-Conference 2026 on "When Reason Meets Its Limits: Understanding Irrationality in Negotiation":
This registration relates only to the public keynote on 27 February 2026 at 18.30 - 19.30 CET.
If you are interested in participating in the entire conference, please read more about the event and how to register here:
Applications for the IGN e-Conference 2025 close on 25 February.